Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Preston Mullen, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Preston Mullen registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Preston Mullen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Preston Mullen
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsPreston Mullen reported 19 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Mullen in Gonzales County
- West Mullenreached Texas about 1847
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 20 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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